Walkersville Recommends Approval of Agricultural Preservation Easements

The Town of Walkersville voted Wednesday evening to recommend approval of three Agricultural Preservation Easement applications and express their support of three other applications. The Frederick County Planning Commission asked for comments from the Town of Walkersville regarding six applications for the easements. Walkersville Planning Commission members were told that forty properties applied for easements, and the list had been narrowed to twenty, which includes these six properties. Farms that meets the three main criteria below are eligible for Frederick County’s Agricultural preservation programs. To be eligible for the Rural Legacy…

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